Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses.Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a ...

Plans for a major reform of the housebuying system, which aim to cut costs, reduce delays and halve failed sales, have been unveiled by the government. Housing Secretary Steve ...

Oli Constablein Manchester andJonny HumphriesNorth WestBBCGreater Manchester's Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes said his force "cared about every community"Hundreds of extra police officers are on the streets of Manchester ...

Malcolm PriorRural affairs producerBBCLive army manoeuvres have caused 385 wildfires on MoD training sites across the UK countryside since 2023Live-fire military training has sparked hundreds of wildfires across the ...

Chris Clements and Paul WardBBC News, FalkirkGetty ImagesFalkirk saw large-scale protests on SaturdayHundreds of pro and anti-immigration demonstrators have gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Falkirk.It is ...

Shivani ChaudhariBBC News, NorfolkRichard Knights/BBCHundreds of people are at the protest against the use of hotels to house asylum seekersHundreds of people have gathered for a protest outside a ...

About 1,200 children are being urged to undergo testing for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with a string of offences including child rape.Joshua Dale Brown ...

Clodagh RiceBBC News NI business and economics correspondentBBCSteve Berry, ANGOKA chairman, says its investment in new software could help create more jobs in Northern IrelandA Belfast-based cyber security firm ...

Hundreds of cars were left with flat tyres after a truck travelling along one of Australia's busiest highways spilled 750kg (1,653lb) of sharp metal shards on the road.The truck ...

BBCThe tree, located on the edge of Whitewebbs Park and near a Toby Carvery, was discovered to have been chopped down on 3 AprilAn ancient oak felled in a ...

ReutersRescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed in Mandalay, MyanmarFour more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake ...

BBCAlison Cocks invested more than £100,000 with one companyVictims have been conned out of millions of pounds in a whisky barrel investment scam, a BBC investigation has found.Hundreds of ...